Rigby Double Rifle

[rookhawk]

I have several other LC smiths that I love, but they aren’t Damascus barrel. Might reach out to you about a double I’ve got that I don’t know what to do with. Exposed hammers, side lock, I think Damascus barrel. Not very good condition, not sure if it’s worth having work done to it or just hang it on a wall. View attachment 684489

Cool that its a sidelever. I'd have to get more info to know if it is worth fixing up. It looks off face but could just be a shadow.

A serious collector or shooter does not ascribe any credance to fluid steel or damascus being good/bad. Damascus guns can fetch extraordinary sums and can be just as durable as their fluid steel counterparts with 2.5" shells.

You have to look at original quality, current condition, and you must know the minimum wall thicknesses of the gun. That is what determines its safety, value, and suitability for use.

I've probably shot 100,000 rounds of nitro shells through damascus barreled guns and have killed thousands of pheasants with the same. The notion that damascus = bad is a lie spread by gun dealers when buying a gun to lower prices, but they never say that when selling the same gun.

 

[Rifleman97]

Cool that its a sidelever. I'd have to get more info to know if it is worth fixing up. It looks off face but could just be a shadow.

A serious collector or shooter does not ascribe any credance to fluid steel or damascus being good/bad. Damascus guns can fetch extraordinary sums and can be just as durable as their fluid steel counterparts with 2.5" shells.

You have to look at original quality, current condition, and you must know the minimum wall thicknesses of the gun. That is what determines its safety, value, and suitability for use.

I've probably shot 100,000 rounds of nitro shells through damascus barreled guns and have killed thousands of pheasants with the same. The notion that damascus = bad is a lie spread by gun dealers when buying a gun to lower prices, but they never say that when selling the same gun.

Yeah I wasn’t meaning to speak poorly of Damascus! Just that the ones I shoot happen to not be Damascus

 

[PCC600]

Yeah I wasn’t meaning to speak poorly of Damascus! Just that the ones I shoot happen to not be Damascus

Damascus barrels only went out of favour because they were labour intensive and expensive to make compared with the steel barrels which could be mass produced .